Have you ever struggled and thought to yourself: “Why am I even complaining about this when millions have it SO much worse than me…”
Recognize that this is a toxic thought.
It essentially translates into: “My struggles are invalid and it’s wrong for me to feel how I do.”
…Which naturally leads to emotional suppression, message(s) ignoring, and a worsening of overall state. This is no way to solve a struggle.
Struggles are solved when you add confrontation (with the emotion(s)), subtract comparison, and give all of your feelings equal space to communicate the message(s) your body purposefully sent via them.
Telling yourself they’re wrong for being there doesn’t change the fact that they’re there.
Letting them fulfill their purpose—does. It allows them to move through you and out of your system—to wherever it is that fulfilled feelings go.
Send them there. Don’t deny, suppress, and exasperate them deeper inside, here.